Tanderrum Pedestrian Bridge
TANDERRUM
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
John Wardle Architects + NADAAA + Oculus
ARCHITECTS
John Wardle Architects, NADAAA, Oculus
SUSTAINABILITY (ESD) CONSULTANCY
Cundall
TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN MODELLING
Ghd
CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Fitzgerald Constructions Australia and Harris Hmc
MANUFACTURERS
AkzoNobel, Tensile, WE-EF, Adherettes, KP Windows, Nu Tech Tiling, Shearform, Shepparton
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Ghd
BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEER
Ghd
CIVIL ENGINEER
Ghd
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
Ghd and Golders
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Oculus
BUILDING SURVEYOR
McKenzie Group
HERITAGE ARCHITECTS
Rba
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
Ghd
ACCESSIBILITY CONSULTANT
McKenzie Group
SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING
Buro North
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Electrolight
PHOTOGRAPHS
Nils Koenning, Kristoffer Paulsen, Peter Bennetts
AREA
700 m²
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Melbourne, Australia
CATEGORY
Pedestrian Bridge
Text description provided by architect.
The new Tanderrum Pedestrian Bridge linking Birrarung Marr with the Melbourne Park sports precinct creates a new arrival address for Melbourne Park.
The bridge serves as a major pedestrian entrance point during the Australian Open.
A ramping pathway through Birrarung Marr leads to the bridge proper and its alignment respects the landscape and topography of the park.
The bridge design is slender, a flat steel girder structure that tapers at its edges to achieve the required span across Batman Avenue.
Both of these existing spaces are steeped inegalitarian and democratic values - one with a history of regular citizens speaking freely on any subject; the other where a player of any ranking can pick up a tennis racquet in one of the sport’s great precincts.
The bridge design is slender, a flat steel girder structure that tapers at its edges to achieve the required span across Batman Avenue.
The bridge undercroft follows the slope of the existing landscape thus eliminating low forming spaces and settles the bridge into the landscape.
The lightweight filigree character of the steel structure provides the framework for a journey which branches into a connective path with views toward the Yarra River, Birrarung Marr, and the City.
